Nicked After Pulling Lazy Son From Bed by John Coles
It was reported in The Sun onWednesday 1st November that a 16 year old lad had his own father arrested because he grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of bed. The teen had ignored his mum’s calls to get out of bed so his dad decided to make him.
Believe it or not the boy then went to police and they charged his father with common assault. The boy later tried to get police to drop the case but the Crown Prosecution Service will not do it.
The story to means seems rather unreal, not many children would go through the hassle of going to the Police and filing a report just because they were simply made to get up. The father was only trying to look after the lad’s best interest, whether or not he could see this, it seems like a huge over reaction.
Perhaps more shocking is the fact that the police took it seriously. There have been well publicised cases in the past where parents have been punished legally because their children have not been attending school. How do the authorities truly expect parents to get rebellious children to school when a small amount of physical contact can result in an assault charge?
The sun is very sympathetic towards the father; this is evident in the headline where they brand the son 'lazy'. They also show bias towards the boy’s dad by explaining how he has 'never been in trouble'. Although the main part of the story is about the boys huge over reaction, the sub text is criticising the British legal system for pushing ahead with the ludicrous charges even when the "victim" has asked them not to.
Perhaps The Sun's presentation of the father and indeed of the incident is too prejudice thus making the reader side with the dad. However if this story paints a complete picture of what happened I fail to see how anyone could argue that the teenager was right.
It was reported in The Sun onWednesday 1st November that a 16 year old lad had his own father arrested because he grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of bed. The teen had ignored his mum’s calls to get out of bed so his dad decided to make him.
Believe it or not the boy then went to police and they charged his father with common assault. The boy later tried to get police to drop the case but the Crown Prosecution Service will not do it.
The story to means seems rather unreal, not many children would go through the hassle of going to the Police and filing a report just because they were simply made to get up. The father was only trying to look after the lad’s best interest, whether or not he could see this, it seems like a huge over reaction.
Perhaps more shocking is the fact that the police took it seriously. There have been well publicised cases in the past where parents have been punished legally because their children have not been attending school. How do the authorities truly expect parents to get rebellious children to school when a small amount of physical contact can result in an assault charge?
The sun is very sympathetic towards the father; this is evident in the headline where they brand the son 'lazy'. They also show bias towards the boy’s dad by explaining how he has 'never been in trouble'. Although the main part of the story is about the boys huge over reaction, the sub text is criticising the British legal system for pushing ahead with the ludicrous charges even when the "victim" has asked them not to.
Perhaps The Sun's presentation of the father and indeed of the incident is too prejudice thus making the reader side with the dad. However if this story paints a complete picture of what happened I fail to see how anyone could argue that the teenager was right.
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